Purpose This study addresses a gap in evidence on small employer experiences of managing mental health problems in the workplace. The authors gathered first-hand experiences of small business managers to empirically investigate how the small business context affects the management and support of mental...
Managing mental health.This article reports on the evidence review of Workplace Interventions for People with Common Mental Health Problems launched by the British Occupational Health Research Foundation. Whereas severe mental health problems such as manic depression only affect between 1% to 3% of the...
One of the main causes of poor mental health is stress, or what some people call “fight or flight” reactions. Stress helps people survive dangerous situations or get through a crisis. Many people live in chronic fight or flight mode because of financial worries, friction in the workplace o...
Mental health affects everyone from everyday worries to long-term conditions. Work specific stress can lead to poor performance and affect colleagues so it is beneficial to be able to recognise the symptoms in others. It is important not to suffer in silence, whether that is talking to friends...
What is poor mental health? What is stress? Theories and models of stress Measuring stress The three levels of interventions (ie primary, secondary, tertiary) by Murphy (1988) Performance coaching Consider interventions to combat workplace stress Learning on this course On every step of the cour...
We all experience emotions in the workplace. Learning to manage emotions helps you better support your team, and each person in it.
Not all workplace stress is work-related. To ensure employees are adequately supported to manage stress, firms may consider investing in comprehensiveemployee benefit packages(opens a new window). These typically provide mental health support via an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), often at no ...
We will focus on the cost of mental health problems and workplace stress at both individual and organisational levels. We’ll also assess interventions to combat workplace stress and the value of performance coaching and its impact upon employee wellbeing. ...
Workplace stress can lead to poor health, lower productivity and increased accident and sickness absence rates if not properly managed. It can cause a range of mental and physical ill health conditions or trigger pre-existing conditions, including depression and anxiety, back and shoulder problems,...
South Korea starts to raise game on workplace mental health In-house counselling is becoming more common, but the country’s high-pressure corporate culture persists Special ReportBest Employers: Asia-Pacific Curbs on long hours spur Japanese companies to tackle productivity ...